Herbal medicines : development and validation of plant-derived medicines for human health /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Bagetta, Giacinto, Cosentino, Marco, 1965-, Corasaniti, M. T. (Maria Tiziana), Sakurada, Shinobu
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2012]
Series:Clinical pharmacognosy series ; 1.
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Table of Contents:
  • The European legislation (directive 2004/24/EC) brings clarification and recognition to herbal medicinal products
  • Taxonomy, morphology, and ecology of medicinal plants: a botanical perspective
  • Ethnopharmacological approaches used to identify medicinal plants
  • Medicinal plants : molecular biology/biotechnology approach
  • Breeding and cultivation of medicinal plants
  • Sample preparation, analytical methods, and chemical standardization of medicinal plants
  • The role of zebrafish in the future of natural product discovery
  • Phytocomplexes versus single-entity drugs
  • Molecular modes of action of drugs used in phytomedicine
  • Bioavailability issues of nonnutrient plant and fruit constituents
  • From identification to clinical translation of medicinal plants
  • Recommendations for reporting randomized controlled trials of herbal medicine interventions
  • Pharmacovigilance methods and systems in herbal medicines
  • Mechanisms and clinical relevance of herb drug interactions from the perspectives of pharmacokinetics
  • Nature's gift to photodynamic medicine : hypericin, a herbal photosensitizer is a component of hypericum perforatum
  • Plants and plant-derived products as cancer chemopreventive agents
  • From standard tanacetum parthenium extract to a stabilized derivative of parthenolide : studies in animal models of pain
  • Antiviral effects of essential oils used traditionally in phytomedicine
  • The neuroprotective capacity of achyrocline satureioides (Lam) D.C. and its flavonoids : mechanisms of action
  • Recent progress in echinacea research
  • Contribution of herbal medicine to human health : a brief history
  • Quality issues of current herbal medicines
  • Herbal medicines in the developing world : South America
  • Herbal medicines : epidemiology of their utilization, a perspective on the industrialized world.